Track-laying machine.



G. M. SIMPSON. TRACK LAYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1914. 1 9 1 24 34; Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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G. M. SIMPSON.

TRACK LAYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED ARR. 17, 1914.

1,1 24,843. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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STATEd PATENT @FFKQE.

CHARLES M. SIMPSON, 0F HGUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIG'NOE OF FIVE-SIXTL'IS T0 HOWARD F. SMITH, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

TRACK-LAYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 19315.

Application filed April 17, 1914. Serial No. 332,537.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. SIMrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Laying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in track laying machines.

T he object of the invention is to provide a delivering mechanism to be used in connection with a track laying machine heretofore invented by me and disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States issued to me by the United States Patent Oflice on May 27, 1913, the number of said patent being 1,062,743; and embodies a construction whereby railway ties may be delivered upon the road bed, from the cars on which they are hauled, in position to receive the rails.

A further feature of the invention resides in the provision of a means for adjusting the delivering mechanism to accommodate it to the direction of the road bed, so that the ties may be delivered at the exact place which they are to occupy in the track, as in the case of curves or bends, or other irregularities in the course of the road bed.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention has particular relation to cer tain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of the delivering mechanism attached to the front end of a track laying machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof, shown in its relation to the railway track. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a delivery track. Fig. & is a fragmentary side elevation thereof. Figs. 5 and 6 show detail views of the delivery track adjusting mechanism. Fig. 7 shows a fragmentary view of the stirrup which supports the delivery track. Figs. 8 and 9, respectively, show plan and edge views of the support to which the inner end of the delivery track is pivoted, and Fig. 10 shows a fragmentary view of the tie deflector.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2 refer, respectively, to the side members of the frame bers 6 and work of the machine and the numeral 3 refers to the front cross beam, which is fixed at its respective ends to said side members.

shown in Fig. 2, so that when the ties are delivered thereon they will pass down over the track by force of gravity and be delivered on to the road bed. A stirrup 9 is provided whose respective ends are secured to the front ends of the side members 1 and 2 and which depends from said side memhere. The delivery track extends through this stirrup and its forward end is supported thereby. Each of the side members 6 and 7 of the delivery track, is formed of lengthwise extending beams, 6", 6 and 7 7" and between them are mounted rollers 10 supported on suitable axles 11 whose ends have bearings in said beams 6= and 7 lhe rollers of each side members 6 and 7 are arranged in staggered relation, so as to bring them closer together and the rollers project up above the beams 6 and 7 so as to facilitate movement of the ties along the track.

The stirrup 9 is considerably wider than the delivery track so as to permit said track to have a certain amount of lateral movement in the stirrup. This lateral movement is necessary in order to keep the delivery end of the track alined over the road bed in going around curves and the like, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. For the purpose of adjusting the delivery track laterally, I have provided the link 12, the inner end of which is pivoted to one side of said track and the outer end of which is pivoted to the inner end of the extended hub 13 of the hand wheel is. ihis hub is outwardly threaded and engages in an inwardly threaded transverse hole extending through the side member 2. It is obvious that by turning the hand track may be adjusted to one side or the other, as desired. The ties pass endwise along the tramway 16, moving over the rollers 17 thereof and the front end of the tramway is inwardly curved so that the Wheel the delivery ties will Y flector 18 and is deflected transversely of the delivery track. This deflector is supported by the side members 1 and 2, and is preferably formed of an upstanding flange, formed, substantially in a curve, as shown. The tie is delii'ered with considerable velocity against said deflector and its forward end passes around the deflector until it -wardly therefrom,

strikes against the stop 19. This stop is placed so that the forward end of the tie will strike it just as the rear end leaves the tramway l6 and the tie will then drop down on to the delivery track in a transverse position and as the framework 18 is elevated a considerable distance above said track, the tie will pass along the track under said frame-work and will be delivered by gravity from the track onto the road bed in a transverse position.

What I claim is 1. A device of the character described including a suitable frame work, a delivery track, one end of which is pivoted to the front end of the frame work and which declines therefrom, a stirrup depending from the framework and through which said track extends and by means of which the free end thereof is supported and means for adjusting the track laterally in said stirrup.

2. A device of the character described including a suitable frame work, a tie tramway carried thereby, a delivery track, one end of which is pivoted to the front end of the framework and which declines forwardly therefrom, a transverse deflector arranged above said track and alined with the front end of the tramway, a stirrup depending from the framework through which said track extends and by means of which the free end thereof is supported and means for adjusting the front end of said track laterally in the stirrup.

3. A device of the character described including a suitable framework, a tie tramway carried by one side thereof, a delivery track, one end of which is pivoted to the front of the framework and which declines forsaid track being formed of two side members, suitably secured together, and antifriction rollers carried by said side members, a transverse deflector .ranged along one side carried by the framework and arranged above said track and in front of said tramway, a means for supporting the free end of said track and a means for adjusting said free end laterally, relative to the framework.

4. A device of the characterdescribed including a suitable framework, a delivery track attached thereto and declining forwardly therefrom, said track being composed of side members fixed in their position relative to each other,'each side member having a plurality of antifriction rollers extending above its upper surface, said rollers being arranged in staggered relation to one another.

5. A device of the character described including a suitable frame work, a delivery track, one end of which is pivoted to the front end of the framework, and which declines forwardly therefrom, said track including two side members fixed in their relation to each other and antifriction rollers carried by the side members and projecting above the upper surface thereof, a stirrup depending from the framework and through which said track extends and by means of which the free end thereof is supported and means for adjusting the track laterally in said stirrup. I

6. A device of the character described including a framework, a tie tramway arranged along one side thereof, a delivery track pivoted at its rear end to the front end of the framework, said delivery track declining forwardly and a transverse deflector supported by the framework, arranged in front of the tramway and spaced above the rear end of said delivery track.

7. A device of the character described including a framework, a tie tramway arthereof and having its forward end inwardly curved, a transverse deflector supported. by the framework and spaced at distance in front of the delivery end of the tramway, a delivery track, whose rear end is pivoted to the front end ofthe framework underneath said deflector,

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